2025 World Cup

2025 will see an exciting new World Bowls event. The inaugural World Cup will be hosted by Hong Kong, China in November.

It will be a gold sanctioned event on the World Bowls Series calendar and is planned to be played every four years.

Twelve countries are to be invited to participate, the host country – Hong Kong, China plus the 11th highest overall countries from the 2023 World Championships – Australia, Canada, England, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, USA and Wales.

Format is six person teams – two open women, two open men, two physical or VI paras (one of each gender) competing in singles and pairs making six events in total.

Hong Kong Football Club, one of the most iconic sporting clubs in Asia, recent venue for the World Bowls Indoor Junior Championships, the nearby Craigengower Cricket Club and possibly other clubs in Hong Kong, China will be the venues for this event and a mixture of indoor and outdoor venues will be used.

Playing dates for the championships are Tuesday-Saturday, November 4-8.